That book does sound perfect. I was thinking about whether I could borrow something from Madame Pomfrey and use a copying charm, but what you've got is much better.
I'll check the Strettons' books for a good one on glamours. The person who'd really have what we need is Daphne Greengrass's mum, because she's in the theater, but Daphne and I aren't exactly chums. If I can think up a good excuse to ask her Daphne would know a title, though, and we could send away for it.
There's a potion called Skele-Gro that might be what your finger needs. I'm supposed to get to do some Mediwizardry with the CCF so if I get a chance to nick some, I will. We could send it with Pig -- actually, come to think of it, I could write to Madam Pomfrey and say there was a muggle who'd had a crushed finger and was there anything she could send me that would fix it. Do potions work on muggles? Well, spells certainly do, and if she gives me good enough instructions... I'll have to think about this, sometimes she's good about not asking too many questions, but not always, and if she took it into her head to talk to the Strettons that might be a problem.
Turnips are very healthful, Terry, and you can live on nothing but turnips for a surprisingly long time. But if you lose blood due to injuries (or because Carrow is taking your blood) you might get anaemic. The simplest fix for anaemia is meat but Carrow's not likely to give you any. We could possibly send you something but let us know if there's anything you just can't bear to eat.
There are other things your body needs that you won't get from turnips but those won't be a problem as quickly. (There were years when I was little that I had turnips to eat and not much else, that's how I know.)
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Date: 2011-07-02 05:05 am (UTC)I'll check the Strettons' books for a good one on glamours. The person who'd really have what we need is Daphne Greengrass's mum, because she's in the theater, but Daphne and I aren't exactly chums. If I can think up a good excuse to ask her Daphne would know a title, though, and we could send away for it.
There's a potion called Skele-Gro that might be what your finger needs. I'm supposed to get to do some Mediwizardry with the CCF so if I get a chance to nick some, I will. We could send it with Pig -- actually, come to think of it, I could write to Madam Pomfrey and say there was a muggle who'd had a crushed finger and was there anything she could send me that would fix it. Do potions work on muggles? Well, spells certainly do, and if she gives me good enough instructions... I'll have to think about this, sometimes she's good about not asking too many questions, but not always, and if she took it into her head to talk to the Strettons that might be a problem.
Turnips are very healthful, Terry, and you can live on nothing but turnips for a surprisingly long time. But if you lose blood due to injuries (or because Carrow is taking your blood) you might get anaemic. The simplest fix for anaemia is meat but Carrow's not likely to give you any. We could possibly send you something but let us know if there's anything you just can't bear to eat.
There are other things your body needs that you won't get from turnips but those won't be a problem as quickly. (There were years when I was little that I had turnips to eat and not much else, that's how I know.)